The FTC and U.S. DOJ have submitted a joint comment to the FERC in response to an April 2022 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and...more
District of Columbia AG Karl Racine settled a lawsuit with online delivery service Instacart to resolve allegations that Instacart misled customers in the District regarding service fees and failed to remit taxes on those...more
California AG Rob Bonta, Washington AG Bob Ferguson, and Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum have filed a Motion to Intervene and Protest requesting that FERC deny an application for a capacity expansion for the Gas Transmission...more
Aramis Ayala, a former state attorney, has won the Democratic primary race for AG, and will face incumbent AG Ashley Moody, a Republican, in the fall general election. Ayala prevailed with 44.7% percent of the vote, with...more
On August 18, 2022, a multistate coalition of AGs, led by Illinois AG Kwame Raoul and Michigan AG Dana Nessel, filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, arguing...more
DC AG Karl Racine secured a $4 million judgment against ghost gun manufacturer Polymer80, Inc. for allegedly advertising and selling illegal “unserialized” firearms to DC consumers in violation of the Consumer Protection...more
The FTC released a policy paper and fact sheet highlighting the negative impact Certificates of Public Advantage (COPAs)— state laws enacted to shield hospital mergers from federal antitrust enforcement in favor of regulatory...more
New York AG Letitia James announced that as a result of a group discharge application filed with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) by a coalition of state AGs, over 4,400 New Yorkers will have their student loans...more
In a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Analyst Jean-Didier Gaina, a coalition of AGs from nineteen states, the District of Columbia and the State of Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection submitted comments on...more
In its recent Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04 and accompanying press release, the CFPB affirmed the agency’s position that entities can violate the Consumer Financial Protection Act’s (CFPA) prohibition on...more
New York AG Letitia James and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation reached a settlement with robocall company Message Communications, Inc. and its president (collectively “Message Defendants”) along with any...more
Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US:
AG James Calls For Action on Flight Delays,...more
Tennessee: Jonathan Skrmetti, a Republican, has been selected by the Tennessee Supreme Court to serve an eight-year term as the 28th Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter. Prior to becoming Governor Bill Lee’s chief legal...more
Washington AG Bob Ferguson reached a settlement with automobile towing company Chuck’s Towing and Recovery to resolve allegations that the company violated the Washington Consumer Protection Act and the federal...more
A group of 19 AGs, led by Arizona AG Mark Brnovich and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, sent a letter to Laurence D. Fink, CEO of BlackRock, Inc., seeking clarification on whether BlackRock’s actions violate state laws in that they...more
A group of 23 AGs led by Florida AG Ashley Moody filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit arguing that the CDC did not have the statutory authority to impose a nationwide transportation mask...more
Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US:
•Wisconsin Settles with Frontier Over Slow...more
Arizona: Abe Hamadeh, with backing from Donald Trump, has emerged as the winner of the state’s GOP primary for AG, defeating attorney Rodney Glassman and retired Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould, along with three other...more
The FTC reached a settlement with online home-buying platform Opendoor Labs Inc. to resolve allegations of deceptive sales and marketing practices in violation of the FTC Act. Opendoor operates an online portal through which...more
New York AG Letitia James has issued an Investor Alert urging New Yorkers affected by the recent crash in the cryptocurrency market to contact her office. Since the beginning of the year, investors have lost hundreds of...more
The CFPB entered into a Consent Order with U.S. Bank National Association over allegations that U.S. Bank pressured and incentivized its employees to open unauthorized accounts, in violation of the Consumer Financial...more
Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul and the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection reached a settlement with internet service provider Frontier Communications Corporation and related entities (collectively,...more
California AG Rob Bonta reached a settlement with Rent-A-Center—one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies—to resolve allegations of systematic violations of California’s Karnette Rental-Purchase Act, Automatic Renewal...more
Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US:
•NAAG Taps Kane As Executive Director-...more
Bernie makes his final predictions before we return after the 2022 general election to analyze the results. He, Lori and Mira review the incumbents and the challengers, talk about who may ride in on whose coattails, and...more